All in the Family 

Out of the Box Theatre Company kicks off its new season with something different a few blocks up from its usual home at Center Stage. Family Album – a song collection by Joe Iconis, composer-lyricist of the Broadway hit Be More Chill and several other musicals – will be performed just once in a concert-style show October 27 at SOhO. The songs are created from the point of view of their character – an assortment of artists, eccentrics and monsters of both the fantastical and real-life variety, including murderers, werewolves, dinosaurs, robots and social media zombies. Timed for the spooky season leading up to Halloween, the show also touches on themes of hope, resilience and love.

The anthology of short stories set to music, ranging from love ballads to indie-rock anthems, has been praised as “tales that spring forth from Iconis’ mind in ways wonderful, whimsical and even a little bit wicked.” OOB’s cast for the performance features a full 16 singers, including founder Samantha Eve. Visit www.sohosb.com or www.outoftheboxtheatre.org.